“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.” Philippians 4:5 “The existence of such a word (translated moderation) shows a high degree of ethical development amongst the Greeks. The word refers to the kind of moderation that recognizes that it is impossible for formal laws to anticipate and provide for all possible cases and that asserting legal rights can be dangerous since these rights can be pushed into moral wrongs, so that the highest rights can in practice prove to be the greatest injustice. ” Trench “The word, “epieikeia” refers to “drawing back from the letter of the law to preserve the spirit.” Trench’s Synonyms “I beseech you by the meekness and gentleness (moderation), of Christ” 2Corinthians 10:1 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:” v 3. Paul describes the overseer with this same quality, “Therefore an overseer must…